Islands Gold

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Monthly Fluctuations

The Fiji Legislative Council in Novem ber voted an annual grant of £5,000 to wards Imperial defence. The Fiji Times subsequently suggested that in addition to this annual grant £lO,OOO be allotted from the Colony’s surplus funds as a special grant “in view of the present cir cumstances of the Empire.” It is be lieved that the suggestion will be favour ably regarded.

Mid-Dec.

Mid-Jan.

Mid-Feb.

Fiji

Aloha Central. b£4 b£4/10/— b£3/10/— Emperor Mines b!6/3 bl5/ll bl3/7 Fiji Corp. . . . b£8/10/— b£9 b£5 Granites Dev. . — slljd. s5d.

Koroere bll/6 b6/ll b5/2 Loloma b32/— b35/3 b24/3 Mineral Dev. . bl/11 bl/9 sl/6 Mt. Kasi b!3/9 bl4/8 bl2/6 Mt. Morgan Developments — b4/10 b4/l Pacific Gold . — b£10/10/— b£8 Tavua Dev. . b2/6 s2/3 bl/8 Vees United . b7d. b5d. b3d.

Papua

G.M. of Papua b!2/9 bl3/— bl2/— Oriomo Exp. . b4/2 b3/3 b2/— Samarai (pd.). s2/— s2/s2 /- Yodda Co. . .. s2/-

New Guinea

Bulolo Deposits b8d. blOd. b9d.

Bulolo G.D. . b£8/2/— b£8 b£8/6/— Day Dawn (South) . .. bid. bid. s6d.

Developments (N.G.) ... — b£2/10/— b£2/10/— Enterprise of N.G b£3/7/6 b£3/10/— b£3/8/— Golden Deeps . — bid. s3d.

Guinea Gold . sl9/7 sl7/9 sl7/3 Irowat — b2/ll b3/2 Mandated All. — s3/— b3/— Mt. K a i n d i (pd.) b2d. bid. bid.

Mt. Lawson . b£26/15/— b£26/15/— b£25 N.G.G. Ltd. . b5/10 b5/6 b5/3 Nth. East N.G. (pd.) — s9d. s9d.

Oil Search . .. b3/6 b3/9 b3/— Placer Dev. . b£4/19/6 b£5/5/— b£5/7/— Sandy Ck. . . . b2/4 b2/5 b2/3 Sunshine Gold bl2/3 bl3/3 bll/11 Up. Sepik ... s£4/10/b£6 b£4 Up. Watut . . b6/8 b7/4 b7/ll

John Asa, a native of the Solomon Islands, who was noted for his intelligence and “advancement,” and who had charge of the official yacht Tulagi, died suddenly in Tulagi on December 26.